Worship Team Handbook—

“It is true we have a more diverse, more accessible range of music available to us now than ever before. But not all of what’s out there is deep. The power of new forms of worship is not their funky grooves. Some music reduces worship to the experience of a TV show theme song: It grabs your ear long enough to make an identity for itself and to hold your attention for sermon. We have to ask, is our approach to worship helping people to come to God, or is it merely catchy?”

Alison Siewert

Few criticisms I have for the modern, contemporary worship styles

1. They are commercial and reductionistic, to the point where some people would not feel they are in the environment of worship unless there are high level of noise, in the likeness some rock concerts.
2. They are too shallow – much of what I see and observe are replacing of style over substance. Music might sound great, to non-musicians. But for those w/ very discriminating ears, it’s not something they would pay money to listen.
3. There is very subtle and thin line between experiencing God’s presence and being caught up by emotional wave.